© Gunnar Tómasson 13 November 2016 Background Archetypal Robert Greene (S. Schoenbaum) With [Robert] Greene we cannot always separate fact from fiction in the fantasias he composed on autobiographical themes, or the legend made of him by his contemporaries. The pattern of his life – necessarily pieced together from the testimony of biased witnesses – […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 12 November 2016 I. Blessed art thou Simon Bar Iona (Matt. 16:13-19, KJB, 1611) 356456 23675 = When Iesus came into the coasts of Cesarea Philippi, 11616 = he asked his disciples, saying, 17235 = Whom doe men say, that I, the sonne of man, am? 22774 = And they said, Some […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 11 November 2016 I. Et Tu Brute? _____ Then fall Cæsar. (Act III, Sc. i – First Folio) 1441199 4916 = Flourish. 24433 = Enter Cæsar, Brutus, Cassius, Caska, Decius, Metellus, 25886 = Trebonius, Cynna, Antony, Lepidus, Artimedorus, Publius, 8352 = and the Soothsayer. Cæsar 9508 = The Ides […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 10. nóvember 2016 Sögur sem týndust – eða þannig. (Guðni Jónsson) Á blaði því hinu sama, sem Njáls saga endar á í Möðruvallabók, hefir ritarinn skráð eftirfarandi orð til athugunar fyrir eiganda handritsins: „Láttu rita hér við Gauks sögu Trandilssonar. Mér er sagt, at herra Grímr eigi hana.‟ Gaukur Trandilsson er nefndur í Landnámu og Njálu, […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 8. nóvember 2016 I. Gestr Oddleifsson (Tilgáta) 8766 2075 = Njáll 6960 = Jarðlig skilning -5596 = Andlig spekðin 5327 = Brennu-Njáll 8766 = Gestr Oddleifsson II. Brennu-Njálssaga (Tilgáta) 43746 1000 = ELDR Helgur Þríhyrningur Íslands í Heiðni 7196 = Bergþórshváll 6067 = Miðeyjarhólmr 3027 = Helgafell Sköpunarmáttur Alheims […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 7. nóvember 2016 Samskipti á Facebook (7. nóvember 2016) Ragnar Önundarson „Samfélagslegt gildi Háskólans er gríðarlega mikið. Til dæmis er hugvísindasvið ein stærsta menningarstofnunin á Íslandi. Háskóli Íslands er að mestu leyti greiddur af íslenskum skattgreiðendum og getur því ekki verið einhver fílabeinsturn. Við rekum háskólann fyrir samfélagið.“ sagði Jón Atli Benediktsson […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 6 November 2016 I. The Play’s the Thing, Wherein Ile catch the Conscience of the King (Hamlet, Act II, Sc. ii. First folio, 1623) 310954 Hamlet 5920 = About, my Braine. 22248 = I haue heard, that guilty Creatures sitting at a Play 15474 = Haue by the very cunning of the […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 5 November 2016 I. The Tragedy of Richard the Third (Act I, Sc. i, First folio 1623) 277204 17017 = Enter Richard Duke of Gloster solus. 20081 = Now is the Winter of our Discontent, 19100 = Made glorious Summer by this Son of Yorke: 21961 = And all the clouds […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 4 November 2016 I. I Am Thy Father’s Spirit (Hamlet, Act I, Sc. v, First folio) 1669098 9462 = Enter Ghost and Hamlet. Hamlet 22112 = Where wilt thou lead me? Speak; Ile go no further. Ghost 2883 = Marke me. Hamlet 3756 = I will. Ghost 11748 = My hower is […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 3 November 2016 I. Alpha – Let there be light (Gen. 1:1-3, KJB, 1611) 100733 18994 = In the beginning God created the Heauen and the Earth. 19498 = And the earth was without forme, and voyd; 17834 = and darkenesse was vpon the face of the deepe: 24720 = and the […]
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